By Kris Smith
The Stars started off with a good pace and created some dangerous chances with Craig Garrigan and Zach Tsekos almost putting them ahead in the opening minutes, if not for Tom McCollum in the Belfast goal.
However, the Giants would go down the ice and open the scoring on four minutes as Jordan Kawaguchi fooled everyone with a shot that looked set to be a pass across goal but the puck slipped under Jarrett Fiske and into the Dundee goal.
The Taysiders responded well and were hammering pucks towards the Belfast goal in an attempt to find the equaliser but McCollum had an answer for everything they threw at him and he continued to stonewall the Scots through two penalty kills in the first period.
Just as the opening session was coming to a close, Dundee defenseman Kris Inglis trapped the puck along the boards before playing it out to Jonathan McBean and he would pass across to Craig Moore, who put the puck on net and saw his effort tipped past McCollum via a Belfast stick.
The two teams were level heading into the second period but the Giants were on a powerplay as Ben O’Connor was punished with a two-minute penalty for clipping before the break and the visitors cashed in 54 seconds after the restart as former Star, Elijiah Barriga picked out his teammate, Joe Cassetti at the back post for a tap in.
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All images: Derek Black.
